Queen Anne Walnut and Walnut Veneer Dressing Table

Description:

Queen Anne Walnut and Walnut Veneer Dressing Table, North Shore, Massachusetts, 1730-50, the top with four matched veneer panels surrounded by herringbone inlay, above a case with similarly veneered and inlaid drawers with double-beaded surrounds, above a cutout skirt joining four cabriole legs ending in pad feet on platforms, old refinish, (minor imperfections),ht. 30, overall wd. 33, case wd. 27 5/8, overall dp. 19 5/8, case dp. 17 1/4 in.

Provenance: Family descent from the Gould family of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the Tyler, Pierce, and Hutchins families of the Concord, New Hampshire, area.

Literature: This piece is stylistically similar to plate 31 in New England Furniture: The Colonial Era Selections from SPNEA by Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, Boston, 1984.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

left front foot ( toe) has been pieced back together with the original wood
both feet on left side have lost their high pads, evidence of insect damage on these feet
reproduction drop pendants, plinths for pendants are replaced as well as the reinforcing block behind the left plinth.
cockbeading on center skirt is replaced below the center drawer
areas of minor veneer loss on top as well as some replaced inlay.
small replaced veneer above the right drop
original brasses with cotter pins in place ,
refinished
color on interior throughout is consistent


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